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Shintaro: The Samurai (Season 1) - Spy Swordsman

by: Senkosha

Publication date: 1962-10-07

Topics: Japan, Action, Adventure, Samurai, Ninja, Ninjutsu, Jidaigeki, Drama

Language: Japanese

Item Size: 1.2G

Avaliable in the original Japanese, with English Subs (no dubs yet unfortunately).

The adventures of Shintarō the Samurai, travelling 18th century Japan, yet famous not just in Japan, but in Australia, the Philippines, and New Zealand.

The opening arc is distinctly western-inspired, with much horseback riding and gun fighting. It portrays the native Ainu people sympathetically as they substitute for American Indians in the frontier-like Ezo (modern Hokkaidō). Fuyukichi Maki appears in several episodes as the Ainu rebel leader Kamokuin, while Bin Amatsu plays two minor roles. It was actually aired as the last season in the Australian run of the series, as it was less representative of the show as a whole.

Shintarō has been ordered to investigate the resources of the Matsumae clan and write a report about them. The lord of Matsumae suspects that this will lead to the shogunate taking control of his fiefdom and sends his fanatically loyal but rightful retainer, Kiba Jinjūrō (played by Toshiyuki Katsuki), who vows to kill Shintarō. During his investigation, Shintarō struggles to help the downtrodden local Japanese villagers and the oppressed Ainu, and also fights local bandits and smugglers, often inadvertently aided by his just rival Kiba.

Addeddate: 2021-12-04 07:35:09

Color: color

Identifier: shintaro-the-samurai-season-1

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Sound: sound

Year: 1962

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Reviewer: DireTheLawyer - - November 26, 2022
Subject: Enjoyable

Some words you should know though:

Onmitsu (おんみつ) [隠密]: Spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent. this is a Historical term.

Ainu (アイヌ): The Ainu, also called Aynu, Aino (アイノ), and in historical texts Ezo (蝦夷), are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia. Historically, they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. Most of those who identify themselves as Ainu still live in this same region, though the exact number of living Ainu is unknown.

Shamo (シャモ): non-Ainu Japanese person. From the Ainu language.

Edo (えど) [江戸]: is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo. It was seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868.
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 the Meiji government renamed Edo as Tokyo (東京, "Eastern Capital") and relocated the Emperor from the historic capital of Kyoto to the city. Kyoto was the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868.

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